The Scent of Fear

"The Scent of Fear" is television play written by Ted Willis. It was originally written for British anthology series Armchair Theatre, adapted from the story "Stowaway" by Mary Higgins Clark which was reportedly based on a real story that happened in 1949. It was filmed for Australian TV in 1960.[1]

Plot

A youth in an Iron Curtain country, to escape from police, hides in a plane that is to fly to the UK. An air hostess finds him and he begs her not to turn him in. She has to hide him from various policemen.

1959 British TV Version

"The Scent of Fear"
Armchair Theatre episode
Directed byJohn Llewellyn Moxey
Teleplay byTed Willis
Original air date1959 (1959)
List of episodes

The play was first produced by ABC Weekend TV for the British ITV network in 1959.

Cast

  • Anthony Quayle as Colonel Kralik
  • Lorenza Colville as Eva Kralik
  • Frederick Schiller as Neumann
  • Alexis Chesnakov as Pechka
  • Neil McCallum as Karl Schling
  • Dorothy Tutin as Joan Bridey
  • John Carson as Tom Brook
  • Barrie Cookson as Harry Mylner
  • Jack Stewart as Dusty Fraser
  • Jacqueline Ellis as Peggy Court
  • Carl Duering as Sten
  • Wolfe Morris as Mueller
  • David Ritch as Brandt
  • Walter Gotell as 1st Policeman
  • Jan Conrad as 2nd Policeman

1960 Australian TV Version

The Scent of Fear
Written byTed Willis
Directed byJames Upshaw
Original release
Release7 September (1960-09-07) –
3 November 1960 (1960-11-03)

The Australian version was directed by James Upshaw.[2][3] Broadcast live on ABC's Sydney station, it was kinescoped ("telerecorded") for showing on other ABC stations.[4][5]

It was one of several thrillers filmed in the early days of Australian television.[6]

Cast

  • Max Meldrum as the youth
  • Eric Reiman as Colonel Kralik
  • Diana Perryman as Joan Bridey, the hostess
  • Owen Weingott as Sten, disguised Communist head of police
  • Deryck Barnes
  • Brian Anderson
  • Colin Croft
  • Noni Rathesay
  • Carlotta Kalmar
  • Leonard Teale
  • George Roubiceck
  • Kenneth Hacker
  • Custl Korner
  • Peter Williams
  • Tony Standen
  • Barry Davies
  • Felix Martin
  • John Bell
  • Val Zika

Production

The show was filmed at ABC's Sydney studios with exteriors shot at Sydney's Kingsford Smith airport.[7] Diana Perryman, who played an airhorstee, had been done.[8]

Reception

The Sydney Morning Herald gave it a mixed review, but noted that "Max Meldrum made a superbly terrified fugitive" and "Owen Weingott was excellent as Sten, the disguised communist head of secret police".[9]

US Screening

The play was bought for screening in the US by CBS in 1961 along with another Australian play, Outpost.[7]

See also

References

  1. ^ Vagg, Stephen (12 May 2021). "Forgotten Australian TV Plays: The Scent of Fear". Filmink.
  2. ^ "TV Guide". The Age. 3 November 1960. p. 21.
  3. ^ "Stowaway on Plan". Sydney Morning Herald. 5 September 1960. p. 13.
  4. ^ Vagg, Stephen (18 February 2019). "60 Australian TV Plays of the 1950s & '60s". Filmink.
  5. ^ "Former Air Hostesses' Made for Drama Role". The Age. 3 November 1960. p. 17.
  6. ^ Vagg, Stephen (20 March 2021). "Forgotten Australian TV Plays: Reflections in Dark Glasses". Filmink. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
  7. ^ a b "ABC Dramas". The Age. 1 June 1961. p. 12.
  8. ^ "Stowaway on Plane". 5 September 1960. p. 13.
  9. ^ "Sydney Morning Herald". 8 September 1960.


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